Award-winning writer and SU alumnus Montes to serve as visiting professor in April

Fictionist and professor Timothy R. Montes will join Silliman University (SU) as Visiting Professor for the Department of English and Literature, on April 4-11, 2025.

A Biology graduate who went on to take his Master’s in Creative Writing at SU, Montes has received numerous national literary awards, including the Palanca, Graphic, Free Press, and the NCCA Writers Prize.

Anvil published his short story collection The Black Men in 1994. He co-edited Tribute, a memorial anthology in honor of Edilberto K. Tiempo. He also served as Director-in-Residence of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop (SUNWW) and has taught literature and creative writing at SU, University of the Philippines-Mindanao, and De La Salle University-Manila.

During his visiting professorship in April, Montes will hold fiction classes with Creative Writing majors and take part in a faculty session with the Department.

He is also set to give a public lecture titled, “The Social Conscience of Silliman Poets” on April 8 at 2:00 PM at SU Hall. This public lecture is part of the Albert Faurot

Lecture Series hosted by the Culture and Arts Council (CAC), a long-time partner of the SUNWW.

The University community is invited to attend the public lecture. For more information, please contact the Department of English and Literature.

Previous Visiting Professors of the department include Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee (OSA) Dr. Marjorie Evasco and immediate past director-in-residence Dr. Dinah Roma.